Aoua Kéita was a Malian independence activist, politician, feminist, writer, and midwife. Born on July 12, 1912, in then Bamako, French Sudan to Karamogo Kéita, a member of the colonial hygiene service and Miriam Coulibaly, Aoua was one of the few African girls allowed to … Read More … Read MoreAoua Kéita (1912-1980)
Mildred Coleman Crump became the first African American councilwoman in the 336-year history of the Newark City Council in New Jersey when she assumed office in 1994. She is also the first woman to serve as council president for Newark, New Jersey, which she did … Read More … Read MoreMildred Coleman Crump (1939-)
Ronald Kenneth Noble is the first African American to serve as Secretary General of the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) headquartered in Lyon, France. Born in 1956 at Fort Dix, New Jersey, Noble is the son of an African American soldier and a German mother. … Read More … Read MoreRonald Noble (1956 -)
Bishop William Paul Quinn was the fourth Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church. He was instrumental in establishing several AME churches in U.S. midwestern states during the pre-Civil War period. His work for the Black Methodist community was highly regarded. That work included … Read More … Read MoreWilliam Paul Quinn (1788-1873)
Josef Kony, the leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), was reportedly born in 1961 and raised in the northern Uganda village of Odek. Kony was deeply influenced as a youth by Christianity. Following the arrival of the first missionaries in what is now Uganda … Read More … Read MoreJosef Kony (1961?- )/Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA)
Arizona Phoenix George Washington Carver Museum and Cultural Center Scottsdale African American Multicultural Museum California Allensworth Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park Los Angeles California African American Museum Oakland African American Museum & Library at Oakland Portola Jim Beckwourth Museum San Francisco San Francisco African American … Read More … Read MoreAfrican American Museums in the West
BlackPast is not a genealogy research site. Nonetheless, because of the often related history and genealogy interests of our online users, we have listed below African American and General genealogy websites that may be useful for those seeking to research personal or family history. African … Read More … Read MoreThe Genealogy Page
In the following article historian Omar H. Ali explores a lesser-known aspect of the global African Diaspora, the spread of African peoples and their cultures throughout the Indian Ocean basin. Africans had become a visible part of the Indian Ocean world long before the advent … Read More … Read MoreIslam and the African Diaspora in the Indian Ocean World
Few people realize that the percentage of people of African ancestry in the South American nation of Colombia (7%) is slightly more than half the percentage of people of African ancestry in the United States (13%). Yet we know even less about the origins of … Read More … Read MoreLadinos and Bozales: A Brief Early History of Africans in Colombia: 1500-1800
In the following article, University of Louisville historian John McLeod surveys illustrative episodes in the long history of the Siddis, or African-Indians (Indians of African Ancestry), dating back to the thirteenth century. There have been people of African descent in the Indian subcontinent for centuries. … Read More … Read MoreWho are the Siddis? A Brief Introduction to the 800-Year African Experience in India
